CHUG VICTORY | KRAKEN VX MKII

[@adamtrue6588]

I just ordered one of these and this was the vid that sealed the deal for me. That gain 2 channel is pure monstrosity.

[@alejandroglz.b.4590]

I'm torn between this and the evh stealth

[@adamtrue6588]

@@alejandroglz.b.4590 funnily enough, i now own both. the victory has a tighter sound for sure, but both are great amps. it'd really come down to preference!

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

How do you like it ?

[@JasonsDigitalStuff]

@@alejandroglz.b.4590 Kraken II is more versatile. Better clean and crunch sounds all day. The high gain channels are a bit similar, but its the rest of what the Kraken II does that makes it top EVH.

[@alejandroglz.b.4590]

@JasonsDigitalStuff thanks man! I actually got a mesa boogie badlander but I'm still considering the kralen II

[@MusicHyde]

Man, such a great demo ! I particularly appreciate the complex chords that demonstrate how articulate this amp is, unbelievable !

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Glad you liked it!

[@roberttrisca8210]

​@@JohnBrownemonuments" like it " holy shit man , it s way more than just likeing it , i reepat that aprt from 8 20 for hours . it is so beautiful.

[@jcmoore5819]

I think the mic combo on the cab sounds killer! You should release an IR of that blend together!

[@reichkowski]

I could listen to your amp testing videos in loop. Your Demos are by far the best 🔥

[@davidjoel111]

10:40 thank you for the cab/ mic info!

[@ragegochester]

Hello to my favorite musician. Good to see you again Browne , can't wait to receive my Tao in a few weeks, good job designing it.

[@yopeople70]

Hey, I don't catch that many of your videos, but your jamming to the amp is really inspiring and I think I'm gona try an alternative tuning. You sound so clean and listening to you is just fun. Thanks!

[@robistocco]

I love the boosted clean channel sounds, it's so tight!

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Yeh sounds exceptional on chords aye

[@zombicidalmatt]

Hi John, I saw you and Monuments last year in Phoenix, loved you all. I just had my Kraken delivered last week and love it!

[@bestboy897]

sounds great having a phenomenal guitarist play your product doesnt hurt either

[@dustinroberts5949]

Damn son, the Tao looks amazing. I wasn't sold on some of the stock photos but that purple is incredible against a dark background. Those pickups Schecter cooked up for you are really something as well!

[@ChannelForty2]

Victory makes AMAZING amps! And the kraken is definitely my favorite of the bunch because well, metal 🤘

[@JudithYork-c7e]

This amp is particularily dialed in normal amp lingo terminology dosent do a justice sounds precise love victory amps one day man i hope i can get one cheers jeff!!!

[@cunjoz]

finally another video on this amp. I'm amazed not that many people have made a demo/review. anyway, it's such an awesome amp. it's thick and full and yet it's very well defined.

[@osanan]

I love watching one of my guitar gods reviewing amps! Outstanding tone, Sir!

[@theamnesiacycle]

I love these super comprehensive demos. Thanks John! 🔥✨

[@bolle_83]

You are a Riff Monster! I like it watching you playing 🔥

[@burtsgurt]

I love the way this amp sounds, but I feel like you make everything sound fucking awesome. haha

[@DJ33]

You are John Browne and I’m just enjoying the man doing his thing!!

[@DwayneCreates]

Mr Browne, I don't think there is an amp that you couldn't make sound good. I use the Victory Kraken modelled amp on my Quad Cortex and it sounds pretty much bang on with the real amp. Definitely needs a noise gate on it though, channel 2 is very noisy.

[@lozssaddict]

I have the mk1. Absolutely true. Personally I think the gain 1 on it just needs a boost, and it sounds wrathful… so crunchy and angry

[@jordyskate1995]

Can't wait to finally see you with Monuments at Grasspop Metal Meeting! 🤘

[@INCESSANTofficial]

I'm so addicted to the melody from 6:55 - 6:58

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Didn’t even pick up on that until you mentioned. Just noodling generally haha

[@somersby64]

As much as I enjoy your heavy rhythm, your clean playing is phenomenal. Hope you record some tracks in that style.

[@NinecoreNeil]

Very underated amp with super smash the doors down chug

[@BadMotivator66]

i'd love a video where you talk about the Tao; why you made certain design decisions :)

[@Kalsten]

At 2:02 "let's start with all controls at noon" Proceeds to show the amp with none of the controls at noon. Love it :D

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Haha yeh I did also notice that but I usually do start at noon and get there fairly quickly after when I realise :D

[@omarheavy2009]

Man, i always enjoy listening to your riffs!

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Glad you like them! Thanks mate

[@jasoncrump1886]

Sounds amazingly badass especially with your style of playing. Really nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@stahuskies2539]

wow. tight sound and good gain. nice demo!

[@felinekaiju4517]

Now someone needs to give a signature series called the Browne note.

[@AidenCantrell]

Since monuments is making a new album, I wonder how many of these riffs are gonna be on the album? Before In Stasis was released he teased a couple of riffs on some videos.

[@flynnedwards]

I never thought that the Kraken could be much better, but they've done it!! It sounds brilliant

[@HVACRTECH-83]

"The hughes n kettner that has a clean channel that makes you feel like youve been kicked in the face" id love to try that clean tone. 😂

[@spearchuckerbear2817]

John your playing extremely inspiring.

[@DaTater]

Sounds very nice JB.

[@ancientalien815]

God damn.....that sounds fucking AWESOME!~

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Yeh, really good amp!

[@digital360]

Daum that your guitar is soo spanky in pushed cleans territory. Fucking love my Tao-6 that you played in Rochester! Keep the vids coming my guy. 🔥 The Victory amp is a little beast too. Like the updates.

[@frantiseksvarc1672]

Always want to write some clever comment. But in the end, I just sit here, watching the killer riffage unfold and enjoying those killer tones.

[@pourliver]

Came here for the amp review, stayed for the sick jams. Man that makes me motivated, but damn do I suck a this lol!

[@digital360]

Join the club bro. It’s Browne’s world, we all just live in it.

[@kevindavid37]

Channel 2 with boost sounds fucking incredible. Pardon my language, it just slaps.

[@izzate7]

Gain channel is giving that quacky Yetzer Hara sound. I dig much.

[@sb632]

To my ear why I like about the kraken is it sounds like a boosted dual rectifier. Still s fat bottom end but tight.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Ah I hear you, but it definitely feels/reacts more like a 5150 to me. However no doubt it does sound pretty great!

[@JamesFlorio-ti8gc]

She sounds great 👍🏻 awesome playing as always John....good to see you bro 😎👊🏻 🎸🎸🎸

[@ssmetalrulz]

I'm really torn between this amp vs Engl Fireball 25. Wattage is not a big concern as it'll be mostly used at home for recording. Opinions?

[@kaka_papi]

It wants to sound angry, I am angry.

[@Ber3ft]

Any time I see "chug" I immediately think ola

[@Chugs4Serotonin]

Just realized KZbin unsubbed me from your channel. No wonder I've missed these newer uploads😤

[@HVACRTECH-83]

What tuning were you in here? And i think that 4 mic blend on the cab sounds fantastic imo

[@alejandroglz.b.4590]

What are your thoughts of this amp vs the EVH 5150 50 watt? I ownes one EVH and I loved it but I want to try something different. Can the kraken mkii hang?

[@bobbyosborne2375]

John always looks like he rolled out of bed😂. Love ya buddy. Metal master🤘

[@Scotty_AV]

Hell yeah dude

[@bennyharderguitar]

I love my Super Kraken.

[@Giscinc]

Thanks heaps for the video, I am a bit of a noob when it comes to this sort of stuff but from what I can see you have your Victory amp connected through to your Monitors (PC). How do you do this? I was looking for the signal chain but couldnt see where to find it.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

At the 10 minute mark is talk about the signal chain, but it’s through a 4x12 cab miced up.

[@Brennosguitarsandgear]

Why no demo of the ch1 gain mode ?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

You know until you mentioned this I thought i was the same channel and the middle position was for footswitch ala MKI. Yeh I'm dumb.

[@0oChugChug0o]

CHUG ! 😀

[@ericsmith6633]

So here is a question, which one do you think is better, the victory, or the peavy invective?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

I haven’t tried the invective

[@ericsmith6633]

@@JohnBrownemonuments ahhh ok, I thought I saw a vid where u did. I’d love to hear what you think of it. I gig with a revv 100p, but just had surgery on my knee, and need to lighten up my rig, so I was thinking of getting the invective mh. Cause the clean channel seems to be really nice. And it’s got a lot of built in features that are killer. You get around to trying that amp I’d love to see you do a vid on it. Trust alot of your opinion

[@hguitars8093]

What is your guitar tunings on that video ,killer sounds !!

[@oksen4214]

D A D G A D

[@SpaceBaloo]

I've seen the Super Kraken in a lot of your studio pics. Is that your go to now or something else?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

It's so easy to mic up and sounds great so yeh I hit it alot.

[@Robstafarian]

That sounds great; I still wonder how Gain II rolls off (not a criticism).

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

It takes off where gain I finished but it’s not really meant for the lower gains imo, that’s where Gain I excels

[@ellleigh1216]

Have you moved studio?! Love the Kraken and love the playing.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

I moved my studio into my second room because it’s easier to keep at a decent temperature. Other room was enormous and difficult to be warm in the winter months

[@errorkit]

Can I use this Amp without Cab? Just into my Audio Interface?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Not this one nope but you could add a captor X and do it for sure

[@errorkit]

@@JohnBrownemonuments Thanks!

[@Behemoth92]

I sold my MK1 because of the noisy gain 2 when the gain was at 12 O clock or higher, it's unfortunate because if sounded great but the noise was really annoying. That and the missing presence knobs were the two reasons. Perhaps it's noisy on gain 2 even on MK2 because of the small size of the amp, all components are really close to each other, anyway sounds great and I love your videos and playing :)

[@HVACRTECH-83]

Needs a gate for sure

[@ShreddingSwords]

You know the noise problem is solved with a noise gate right?

[@HronisArva]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@marekbatsaikhan]

Is the amp fast? 🤔👍

[@Mikuzable]

" happy to be angry "

[@CptStud]

Hey John, what happened with Riffhard? I'm missing you a lot in the podcast!

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Well damn that’s a story for the future.

[@CptStud]

@@JohnBrownemonuments but...but...but...

[@donsmith5385]

So what is your slamurai pedal?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

It’s the All.Pedal Slamauri

[@BadMotivator66]

the voice audio sounds a bit weird, distorted?

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Nah the mic was quite far away so getting a bit of room even with the RX deverb

[@BadMotivator66]

@@JohnBrownemonuments aaah, i see! as an aside, i'd be really interested to see you demo a mode 4 if you could borrow hotpole's one? there really aren't many videos on that amp at all

[@Icipher4]

Sounds great. It's too bad that Rabea didn't model his Kraken amp to sound this good in his signature Neural Plugin. In the plugin, it doesn't get nearly as tight/modern as the amp is clearly capable of getting.

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

I’ve fixed that issue.

[@Icipher4]

@@JohnBrownemonuments do tell? FYI, My main guitar is now your signature purple schecter 7

[@aguzman11189]

SUP BROWNE

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

SUP

[@0oChugChug0o]

CHUG

[@Kalsten]

Don't be angry John. If you need to vent off, we could play some Rocket League. Do you want to play some? :P

[@gziggy]

FAST DP

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

Most unfortunate that I have a MK1 ☹️

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Not at all, the MKI also rules!

[@Mike_HuntizWet]

@@JohnBrownemonuments Yeah. Granted I like that little amp for sure. But it always happens when a newer updated version comes out. Would like to have that presence control

[@x3mmusic1]

who in the h@ll even cares about the tone? we are here only to watch John Brown himself plays guitar and maybe learn something =)

[@robertmendez6847]

Dude. These are high gain amps. Stop with the clean channel stuff. Nobody cares about the clean channel stuff. People who care about clean channel stuff buy fenders.

[@SmokeWasTaken43]

God I love everything you do sir

[@S1N15A]

Hard pass on this amp

[@JohnBrownemonuments]

Ah why’s that? It sounds and feels great to me but I guess if we all enjoyed the same things the world would be super boring.